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The Iola register., 1887-01-21
MARBLE AND GRANITE.
4 Monument Maker Says That the LAttl
L. SuppiantinG the Former.

4 Monument Maker Says That the Latter
L. suppianting the Former.
The use OF marble for important mon
umental etruxtures has been almost en-
tirely discontinued. Marble readily absorbs
moisture, and the expansion and contrac-
ton caused by our extreme climatic
changes soon brings disintegration, which
ruins the stone within . few years. The
finer grades Of granite are susceptible Of
the most delicate carving, and the best
statuary for monumental purposes is now
executed from this indestructible material
/ find great difficulty in inducing the pat
rons to depart from the conventional forms
TO which they are accustomed, and to apply
artistic taste to the monuments which they
erect to the memory Of departed friends.
The shaft, or modified Egyptian obelisk, is
usually chosen, and in some portions of
Bellefontaine Cemetery the effect is like
that Of manufacturing district with
granite smcke-stacks. The obelisk was
used by Egyptian monarchs to commemor-
ate their conquests, and in another form
among the Greeks and Romans it had sig.
nincance which will not admit Of explanar
ton in this connection. The mortuary mon
rments Of France and Italy ara expressions
Of the best art talent OF those nations. The
Campo Santo CT Genoa, modern colossal
mausoleum Of q, 900 tombs, is one Of the
wonders Of the world. It is located upon a
hjlIs.se about six miles from the city, and
is reached BY . ramshackls bob-tailed
street railway. Gray Eastern granite is
coming in vogue here for buildings and
variols other purposes; the difference IN
cost of labor and the improved mechanical
appliance Of Eastern quarries quite over
balances the freight Il will eventually
supplant limestone and sandstone for steps,
copings and other uses. which soon cracks
and must be replaced, while granite Of the
best quality becomes brighter by the action
of the eiements--St Louis Globe Democrat
The Iola register., 1887-01-21
Where He Was Great.

Miss Dufy-I hear that you are en-
gagged 10 young Solder, the Plumber.
Miss Puffy-It is fact, Jane.
1T always struck me that he was 3
cold, cailous creature"
"Well, Jane, / confess that he does
not do very much cooling, but on billing
he can not be surpassed. ."-Phiiadelphia
Call.
The Iola register., 1887-01-21

"Thy, Brown, how short your coat is, ~
who wittily replied: "Yes; but it will be
long enough before get another" Some
men spend SO much for medicines that
neither heal nor help them, that new
clothes is with them like angels visits
few and far between. Internal fevers,
weakness Of the lungs, shortness OF breath
and lingering coughs, soon yield to the
magic influence Of that royal remedy, DR..
r. Y. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery"
The Iola register., 1887-01-21

Scrofula, Bronchitis and General Debility
will trv Scott's Emulsion of Cod Liver Oil
with Hypophosphites, they will ind I'm
mediate relief and permanent benefit The
Medical Profession universally declare it a
remedy Of the greatest value and very pala-
table. Read: "I have used Scott's Emul-
sion in several cases of Scrofula and De
bility in Children. Results most crafty.
ing. Nv little patients take it with pleas.
ufe."-W. A HuLBIRr, II. D., Salisbury, Ill
The Iola register., 1887-01-21

The former proprietor Of DR.. Sage's Ca
tarrh Remedy, for years made standing,
public offer in all American newspapers Of
&5OO reward for . case Of catarrh that he
could not cure. The present proprietors
sell this Remedy, together with the
/" "Douche," and all other appliances advised
to be used in connection with it No ca
tarrh patient is longer able to say II can not
be cured" You get $500 in case OF failure.
The Iola register., 1887-01-21

1t is estimated that it will cost
about 81, ,O0O, 600 to establish the bound
ary line between Alaska and British
North America
The Iola register., 1887-01-21
Harmony 1t Home

L We may be quite sure that our will is
likely to be crossed during the day; 20 Let
Us prepare for it
2 Every person in the house has an evil
nature a. well a. ourselves, and therefore
we must not expect tco much
8 When inclined to give aa angry an
swer, let Us lift up the heart in prayer
4 II from sickness, pam or infirmity, we
fest irritable, Let Us keep . very strict
watch over ourselves.
s. Observe when others are suffering, and
drop . word Of kindness.
q. Watch for little opportunities Of pleas
ing. and put Little annoyanoes out Of the
way.
Z. Take . cheerful view of every thing,
and encourage hope.
s. Speak kindly to dependents and serv-
ants. and praise them when you can.
9. In all little pleasures which may occur,
Put self last
TO- Try for the soft answer that turneth
away ywrath-Cosgre5atsoa
The Iola register., 1887-01-21
afr1ien crick,

DAVID Scorr, champion Australian crick-
eter, says St Jacobs Oil acts like magic.
Hospitals and curative institutions sue
cessfully use Red Star Cough Cure. No
opiates. Costs twenty-five cents . bottle.
The Iola register., 1887-01-21

An Ixpsasive Delay,
h falling to provide the proper means 70
expel from the system those disease germs
which cause scr0fulA, indigestion, debility,
rheumatism, and sick headache. Tho only
reliable means il Dr. Harter's lron Tonic.
Tn trouble With . buzz-saw il that Il
never has false teeth.
HALE's Honey Of Horehound and Tar TO
ieves whooping cough
Pixies Toothache Drops Curc in one minute.
The Iola register., 1887-01-21
II Sufferers from Consumption,

Wall Of the stage carpenter-all work
and no play-Te1ds Siftiags
The Iola register., 1887-01-21
Browns Little Joke.

TEE call to arms-"John, take the baby.
toledo BL16e
The Iola register., 1887-01-21

TIE COMBINATION OF INGREDIENTS used
in making BRowN's BRONCHIAL TRoCHEs
Is such as to give the best possible effect
with safety. They are the best remedy in
use for Coughs Colds, and Throat Dis.
eases Sold only in boxes Price 25 cts.
The Iola register., 1887-01-21

HoSoR- in its lower sense, as the goal Of
ambition, is not worthy the ambition of any
u3l.-Go,lcs Rvk.
The Iola register., 1887-01-21

IMPRESSIONS Of Acknowledgements In
the snow.-Ser Hayen Necs.
The Iola register., 1887-01-21
$500 Reward.

RAILROAD brakemen should emigrate to
SwitcherIand.-St Paul Herald.
The Iola register., 1887-01-21

LIFE is burdensome, alike to the sufferer
and all around him, while dyspepsia and its
attending evils holds sway; Complaints Of
sands once thus afflicted now bear cheerful
testimony - to its merits.
The Iola register., 1887-01-21

"OxR Of tie best friends to The Poultry
yafd IL the vesy effective Bone Mil sdver-
tsed - Wilssa BFua.. Easton, Pa Ths
one We have gives entire satisfaction.
Grind up the oRals Of bone and M the egg.
0aslcok L viii pay."
The Iola register., 1887-01-21

NsvER speak to yourself when any ono Il
near-TAe Judge.
The Iola register., 1887-01-21

FUNCTIONAL arrangement Of tho female
system is quickly cured by tho use Of Dr..
K Y. Pierce's I" "Favorite Prescription" It
removes pain and restores health and
strength. By al druggists.
The Iola register., 1887-01-21

INSIDE down-Feather bed-H Z Ed
pendent
The Iola register., 1887-01-21

It is the engaging girl that is the soonest
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1887-07-08
REDUCED RATES.

The C. st. P. NJ. & o. announce thai
they will sell tickets over their line
from Mankato to Chicago and return fol
$780,. To persons wishing to attend
the National Educational Association to
be held in Chicago from July II to 16
this will afford an excellent opportunity
Special tickets will be on sale July 9th
to 18th inclusive, good for going passage
July 9th to 18th inclusive, and for re-
turn passage July 10Th to 18th inclusive,
but not before July 18th.
Those wishing longer limit for return
passage can make arrangements in Chi
cago with Prof. W. D. Parker, Supt. OF
Transportation of the National Educa-
tional Association, for having return
tickets honored until September, thus
enabling them to take advantage of the
very low excursion rates from Chicago
to Buffalo, Niagara Falls, Montreal,
White Mountains, Portland, Boston and
other points in Canada, New England
and the Middle States. One fare for the
round trip will be made to these points
after July 18th.
This is the lowest rates ever made
from this point TO Chicago and is the
same as made from st. Paul and Mime
apolis.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1887-07-08
NATIONAL CAPITAL NOTES.

Seventy clerks in the treasury depart
ment have been dismissed and will
leave to-day. .'......
The 20 per cent. reduction in the sal.
aries of assistant district attorneys goes
into effect to-day.
The postmaster general has issued an
order fixing the rates of kilograms fol
the coming year.
1t is believed that the president will
attend the centennial celebration al
Clinton, N. Y, ON the 18th.
All of the civil service commissioners
do not favor the proposition to establish
central board in Washington.
Forty employees of the government
printing Office, principally in the bind.
cry and folding establishments, were
discharged.
The statement of the annual report OF
the fish commission shows the distribu-
ton of 95,O0O,OOO shad during the past
year.
]. w. Reynolds, state agent for Min
nesota, in the matter of settlers rights
TO indemnity lands, has gone home. He
has submitted his argument, which is
largely reply to the Manitoba road re-
garding indemnity lands.
The proposition IN New York to issue
silver certificates against deposit of
silver bullion for private speculation is
believed to be illegal, as the certificates
would not be used as warehouse receipts
alone, but as currency, and would be-
come the rivals of the silver certificates.
Supt. Bates, Of the free postal delivery
service, says that the cities of the coun-
try are showing real backwardness in
calling for the increased service to
which they are entitled under the new
law. He says the cause is that the post
masters discourage the movement be-
cause it decreases their revenue.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1887-07-08
FROM MANKATo TO ST. PAUL BY
WATER.

The question of placing a steamboat
on the Minnesota river to ply between
here and st. Paul has been agitated for
some time, but the objection has been
raised that during low water the sand
bars and snags would be too greatan OBJ
stacle to surmount without the expendi-
ture of large sum of money. Mr.. S. F.
Alberger recently determined to ascer-
tain the truth Of this objection by per-
sonal observation and experience, and
last Sunday morning, accompanied by
his engineer, Mr.. Henry Hurt, he start
ed in a row boat for st. Paul. The two
gentlemen pursued their journey very
leisurely, travelling only in the day time,
of course, and reached st. Paul on the
afternoon of the third day. They had a
most enjoyable voyage, passing some of
the grandest scenery in the State by day
and spending the nights at wayside
towns.
Mr.. Alberger reports that he found
the river very crooked between here
and st. Peter, and the first sandbar was
discovered about halfway to that town.
He thought that it could be overcome at
an expenditure of $25 or $50. The sec
ond sandbar was found near Henderson
and the third and last one about three
miles above Carver. The latter is a
sand rock, which extends across the riv-
er, and causes rapids with a fall of
about three feet in distance of 100 feet.
1t was found to be impossible to shoot
the rapids successfully, and portage
had to be made. No boat can pass these
rapids in their present condition. Large
boats can ply from Carver to st. Paul, as
that part of the river is clear of obstruc-
tons. A regular traffic by water is car
ried on between Chaska and st. Paul.
The river is at present as low as it ev-
er is 1t is fed by springs throughout its
entire course. Mr.. Alberger was sur
prised at the breadth of the river in
many places. He estimates that the
stream can be put in condition to allow
small boats to run from Mankato to st.
Paul in the present stage of the water,
a distance of 200 miles, for not to exceed
5000. He found but very few snags,
and they do not interfere with traffic.
He states that government surveyors
have already surveyed the river as far
up as Fort Smelling, and presumes they
are on their way up the river.
Mr.. Alberger intends to go up to Red
wood Falls in week or 80, and come
down the river in his boat to Mankato.
Since his trip to st. Paul, dozen per-
sons have signified their intention of
taking the same trip soon.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1887-07-08
WHAT THE w. U. TELEGRAPH co,
IS DOING. SOME STATISTICS.

4 reporter was searching for news in
the vicinity Of the telegraph Office this
morning and dropped in 10 see what the
telegraph people were doing. The Office
was found to have just undergone a
thorough oyerhauling and rearrange-
ment. The room has been nicely pa
cred and painted and presents very
neat appearance. The change is due TO
u visit recently made by Mr.. q. w. Ger
lick, general construction agent for the
Northwest; but the general tastiness Is
due to the good judgment and taste of
the genial and accommodating manager,
Mr.. A. B. Smith. Mr.. Smith has been
in the Office during the past three years
and was also manager before Mr.. Nc
Cracker entered the Office four or five
years ago. He has won the esteem Of
all the patrons of the "clicker" by his
promptness and accommodation.
Two new lines have recently been
added to the office-one running along
the Cannon Valley road to Red Wing
and the other running to Elmore-mak
ing seven lines in ALL A new quad-op-
Grating table has been placed in the Of
fee and new duplex line will soon be
put in, running from st. Paul to Omaha,
and using quadruplex instruments. The
quadruplex system allows four operators
to work over single line simultaneous
ly. The switch board has been outgrown
and a new one is expected every day.
The telegraph company contemplates
putting the money order system IN OPP
Grafton here in the near future. This
system is in use, in this state, only at
st. Paul, Minneapolis and Winona. 1t
will be great addition to the business
facilities of our city to have the system
extended here.
The Office requires the constant en-
ployment of two operators and two mes
sengers. The Office hours are from 8 a.
m. to Top. m. on week days, and from 8
to 10 q. m. and 5 to 6 p. m. Sundays and
legal holidays. The improvements and
additions made led the manipulation OF
the pencil to inquire for some statistics
of the business of the Office which he as
certained as follows: The total number
of messages during the past year was
over 81 600 of which about 100 were cable
messages, r. ID. Hubbard & Co. being
liberal patrons of the cable. The bust
ness transacted amounted to nearly $I0,-
600.
Separate monthly accounts are kept
with $50 to 800 stations and much red
tape is required in keeping these ac-
counts. The complications of the sys-
tenn of accounts necessitates from twelve
to fifteen different reports per month.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1887-07-08

CHINcH bugs are reported to be dam
aging wheat in the southwestern part OF
the state.
The above paragraph inadvertently
crept into the estate News" in Satur-
days FREE Press, and does an injustice
to Southwestern Minnesota which we
hasten to correct. For some time the
report has been going the rounds of the
papers in the northern part of the state
Started in the metropolitan press) that
wheat was being destroyed by bugs in
the southwest. The facts are that wheat
never looked more promising for yield
of first-class quality than now, although
it does not stand as heavy on the ground
as it has some years previous.
Oats, barley, rye and fax are all looking
exceptionally fine, while corn never
looked 30 well. There is not a particle
of rust in the grain, neither is there a
single bug in the whole southwestern
part of the state. In the southeastern
portion of Minnesota, however, wheat
has suffered badly from these pests, and
many wheat fields will remain unhar-
vested, the bugs having destroyed q
large number of acres.
Southuestern Minnesota should not be
COMPOUNDED with Southeastern Minnesota.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1887-07-08
JENSEN & FIREsToNE
BUooY pEpARTMENT.

We have the largest, best and most
complete Buggy and Carriage Factory
and Repository there is to be found
in the west and are now manufacture
ing more and better goods than ever
before and we have the best, most
skilled mechanics that money can
hire. We feel confident the people
of this locality are interested in build
ing up, encouraging and patronizing
home manufactures in case they can
get as much or more for their money
than elsewhere, and we know that in
order for us to merit their patronage,
We can't do it on goods made as
cheap as possible, but as good as can
be and at prices as low as the quality
of the work can be afforded. We
produce open and top buggies and
carriages Of all styles, Spring Wagons,
&c.
We also keep in stock a large line
of eastern factory work. Our know
ledge of the buggy business is such
that enables us to Judge as to what
manufacturers produce the best goods,
so that we know what we are selling
and can give better goods for the mon
ey than is to be had elsewhere and
parties purchasing of us know where
to come in case the goods do not come
up to what we claim. Call and see
us, look over our shops and work.
We do all kind of repairing.
IMPLEMENT DE-
PARTMENT.
Our goods in this line are the best
that are produced in the line of Now
ers, Reapers and Binders. We have
the agency for the Buckeye, Deering,
and Thompson. All good first class
machines that give perfect satisfaction.
Miller's New Model Vibrator
Thresher and the Phoenix Straw, Wood
and Coal Burner Engines are decided
ly the best and most satisfactory and
fast grain saving and cleaning ma
chinery on the market-so says the
threshing men and farmers THAT have
used and seen them work., and they
ought to know. We have the Victor
Clover Huller, the Imperial Straw,
which saves from S to 7 extra hands.
The Acme or Dain Hay Leaders,
Stackers, and CATERERS are the most
labor saveing and profitable machine
for hay makers yet produced. A farm
with grain to cut, might as well try to
get along without a binder as a hay
maker without one of these outfits.
We keep in stock a variety of first
class Thin and Poll Hay Rakes, Rid
ing and Walking Cultivators, Single
and Double Shovel Flows, fine Tooth
Cultivators, Crossing, Breaking, and
Timber Flows, Harrows, Feed Cutter,
Feed Grinders, Holiday and Solid
Wheel Wind Mills and Pumps, Cookie
Mills, Harpoon and Grapple Hay
Forks, Hay Carriers.
Garden Wheel Hoes and Seeders
Lawn Mowers, Four Horse Eveners
for Binders, Road Scrapers and Grad,
ers, Farm Scales, &c, &c.
Call and see US. Descriptive circu,
lars furnished free on application.
JENSEN & FlRESTONE.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1887-07-08
An End 10 Bone Scraping

Edward Shepherd, OF Harrisburg, 1T.
says: Having received so much bene
ct from Electric Bittes, I feel IT m,
duty 10 let suffering humanity know it
Have had running sore on my leg fol
eight years; my doctors told me would
amputated. ! used, instead, three bot
ties Of Electric Bitters and seven boxes
now sound and we'll" Electric Bitterf
are sold at fifty cents bottle, and Buck.
lens Arnica Salye at 25c. per box by j.
r.. Jones.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1887-07-08

A CRANK named Benedict Krebs was
arrested in Washington Saturday. He
had been threatening to shoot the
President, who, he claimed, had de-
frauded him of large sum of money.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1887-07-08

: George Alfred Townsend comes out
with an attack on the private character
Of Columbus, and asserts that for years
he was. lobbyist at the court of Spain,
called by every name under the sun
that was vile."
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1887-07-08

The new Minneapolis directory shows
an increase Of 10000 names over last
year. This represents probably I2O, 900
additional population that the city has
gained In the past year. It is remark
able showing.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1887-07-08
FIRST ms. June -; last July 5.
PROBATE NOTICE

STATE OF MINNESOTA. County OF Blue
- Earth-In Probate Court.
In the matter Of the estate of Harriet X
Bronson, deceased.
On production Of a writing puTporting To lie
a duly authenticated copy of the will OF Har
riet X. Bronson, late Of Ravenna, Portage
county, in the state OF Ohio, deceased, and the
probate thereof in Portage county, Ohio. Aud
the application that said copy and the probate
thereof be filed and recorded as the last will
and testament of said Harriet h. bronson de-
ceased, and that letters be issued thereon.
IL is ordered that the proofs of said inStru'
ment be heard before this court, at the Probate
Office in the city of MankatO, in said county oi
Blue Earth, ON the 9TH day of August, A. d.
1851, 1T ten O'Clock in the forenoon of that day
And IL is further ordered that public notice
of the time and place Of said hearing be given
10 all persons interested by publication OF
these orders for three weeks successfully pps
ViOus TO said day Of hearing in the Mankat,
Free Press, a weekly newspaper printed ana
published At MankatO, in sand county.
Dated June Is, A. ID. 1857.
By the Court,
q. w. NEAL.
Judge of Probate.
}. Il. OGLE,
Atty for Administrator, Etc.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1887-07-08
FirSt ins. June e, last July IS.
NOTICE TO CREDITORS.
STATR OF MINNESOTA county OF
IL EarIh In Rr.Nhaf. Hnltrf

STATE OF MINNESOTA county of But
- Earth. In Probate Court
In the matter of the estate Of Humphrey
Jones deceased.
Notice Is hereby given to ali persons having
claims and demands against the estate al
Humphrey Jones, late Of the county pf Blue
Earth, deceased, that the Judge of the Probate
Court OF said county will hear, examine ana
adjust claims and demands against said estate
at his Office in the city Of Mdnkato, i'm said
county. on the s6th day OF September, 1857
and on the 24th day OF January, 1855, ~ ten
O'Clock in the forenoon ON each Of said days
and that seven months from the date hereof
have been limited and allowed by said Probate
Court for creditors to present their claims
Dated June 2lst, 1857.
HUMPHREY J. ROBERTS,
Executor Of the estate uf Humphrey Jones, dc
ceased
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1887-07-08
First ins. June "a; last July 10,
NOTICE To CREDITORS.

CTA1E OF MINNESOTA, County nf Blue
- Earth-Ss Ia Probate Court.
In the matter Of the estate at Othn 4. Nc,
CurSiy, deceased
Notice IL hereby given IL all persons haVtug
claims and demands against the estate a
Oth0 Z. McCurly, late uf the unity of GlgV
Earth. deceased, thai the Judge of thu
Probate Court ~ said county, will hear
examine aud adjust claims and demand,
against said estate, al his Office Ia the cits al
MankatO in said county, Ou the 18th daI
of October 1887, and ON the 2sil day uf JanuSIN
lSSS, al ten O'Clock in the fOrVnoou NJ said
days; and that seven months from the date
hereof have been limited aud allowed hy Stld
Probate Court for creditors TO present THEN
claims.
Dated June 81, 1857.
GEO. II. CLARK,
WILLARD N. EARR,
Administrators with the will annexed, ami OF
the estate OF Ohio C. MeCurtly, DECEASED.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1887-07-08

Ex-Gov. MORRILL,, of Maine, died at II
a. m. Monday. His death has been
hourly expected for several days past.
Mr.. Morrill, was one Of the ablest states
men of his time.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1887-07-08

When Baby was siOk, We gave her oastOrlA
When shs va chIa. shs cried for CastOriA,
WAsn abe became lfIss. she slung to CastOriA
WAsa she lad cAnarsa. she gave thsn Casssria